
Rangers call up Brennan Othmann in what could be telling Chris Kreider injury sign
NY Post
Chris Kreider may end up missing more than just Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh with his upper-body injury, as the Rangers recalled Brennan Othmann on Monday from their AHL Hartford affiliate in advance of Tuesday’s game against the Islanders.
Othmann, 22, appeared in three games with the Rangers last year.
He has 12 goals and eight assists with Hartford this season. Nine of those goals have come in his past 13 games.
The team’s first-round pick (16th overall) in the 2021 draft, Othmann has yet to score a point in the NHL, but with the Rangers still searching for direction prior to the March 7 trade deadline, they may want to see what he can do for them before considering moving him for a veteran player.
The 33-year-old Kreider played for Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off and scored a goal in the Rangers’ lopsided loss at Buffalo on Saturday, but was a late scratch after skating pregame before the Blueshirts won in Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Kreider has been hampered by injuries for much of the season and has scored 17 goals in 48 games, with just four assists.

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Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











